Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: Around the world, governments are stepping forward and working hand in hand with the private sector to solve major national challenges. That has become the new global direction. If we fail to embrace this great transformation—if we postpone investing in the future—Japan's technological strength and industrial foundation will weaken, and we will lose our opportunity to grow. A nation that refuses to take on new challenges has no future. Politics that only protects the past can never create hope. We must break free from decades of excessive fiscal restraint and invest boldly at home. If we do not act now, it will soon be too late.